298 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



Females : wing 2'2-2-3 iuclies. 



[One example (ISIo. 5018) of this Fan-tail Grass- Warbler 

 was met with in a very dry and barren district, but the 

 remainder were procured among long grass and in a wet 

 country. — D. C] 



'' CiSTICOLA LUGUBRIS Rupp. 



Cisticola lugubris Reich, iii. p. 552 (1905). 



No. 5015. a. ^. North end of Lake Albert Edward, 

 3000 ft., 12th Oct. 



Iris pale brown ; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 whitish ; feet very pale brown. 



This example of the Bufi-fronted Fan-tailed Warbler 

 agrees closely with an example shot near Durban, Natal, and 

 with one from Shonga, Niger River, in the British Museum. 

 In all three there are no traces of black spots on the upper 

 tail-coverts — a character commonly found in birds of this 

 species. The wing measures 2*42 inches. 



Melocichla MENTALis (Fraser), 



Melocichia mentalis Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 594. 



No. 5085. a. ^ . North of Lake Tanganyika, 3000 ft., 

 16th Dec. 



No. 5129. b. (^ . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 4000 ft., 3rd Jan. 



Iris yelloAV ; upper mandible black, lower mandible pale 

 grey ; feet bluish-grey. 



Examples from Tanganyika of this large Grass-Warbler 

 belong to the typical dark-backed form. 

 s 



Saxicola falkensteini Cab. 



Phamicurus familiaris falkensteini Reich, iii. p. 783 

 (1905). 



No. 5054. a. <$ . JNlfumbiro Volcanoes, 5000 ft., 25th 

 Nov. 



No. 5082. h. S ' North of Lake Tanganyika, 3000 ft., 

 16th Dec. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



